1) The realistic-tempered-with-optimis scenario: doing temporary work in academia or being a junior research fellow while looking for a permanent post. Possibly married. But really, I can't be sure what will happen post doctorate - assuming I finish the bloody thesis...
2) Tricky. I think I'll say King Alfred, because someone who was a great king despite starting in very difficult circumstances, a patron of the arts, took his religious responsibilities seriously, invented the Royal Navy and still had time to translate Boethius into Old English has to be a Good Thing.
3) Peter Wimsey (no use opting for someone who can't talk well at the drop of a hat, which rules out, for example, Mr Darcy).
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2) Tricky. I think I'll say King Alfred, because someone who was a great king despite starting in very difficult circumstances, a patron of the arts, took his religious responsibilities seriously, invented the Royal Navy and still had time to translate Boethius into Old English has to be a Good Thing.
3) Peter Wimsey (no use opting for someone who can't talk well at the drop of a hat, which rules out, for example, Mr Darcy).